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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 5 Numero 1, Giugno 2008

The European labour market regional dimensions.

This collective volume is published at a time when, in conjunction with the enlargement of the European Union and the Lisbon agenda, regional labour ...... While for instance Elhorst's (2003) important survey of research on regional unemployment differentials covers 41 ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 1 Numero 1, Giugno 2004

Editors' foreword.

This, the first issue of the European Journal of Comparative Economics, launches the ...... the cost of bringing to our public the fruits of research. We hope that our colleagues in the field, both ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 4 Numero 2, Dicembre 2007

Comparing European regions.

The European continent, in the last two decades, has become ......) market economies, and the "New" countries of the European Union and, more generally, the Central and ...... This special issue of the Journal, focusing on European Regions, includes seven papers, differing in ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 4 Numero 2, Dicembre 2007

Specialisation and convergence of European regions.

1. Introduction Europe has recently experienced wide ranging and in depth integration. Considering the deepening aspect, the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in 1999 and ...... Here, we do not refer to nominal convergence requirements (a la Maastricht), but rather to real convergence of European countries (and regions) as a condition to ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 4 Numero 2, Dicembre 2007

European region types in EU-25.

1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to find a taxonomy of European regions, which incorporates at the same time ...... measured on a broad aggregate level), together with spatial conditions such as regional accessibility and density of population matters in determining level and growth of GDP among European regions. European regions are not homogenous, ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 4 Numero 2, Dicembre 2007

The impact of structural funds policy on European regions' growth. A theoretical and empirical approach.

1. Introduction The main purpose of European Cohesion policy is to decrease regional ...... It is therefore crucial to evaluate the impact of Structural Funds in order to help the European Commission in the pursuit and planning of future ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 2 Numero 2, Dicembre 2005

Hub-and-spoke or else? Free trade agreements in the 'enlarged' European Union.

Abstract The object of this paper is to estimate if and how the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) and the Baltic Free ...... Association Agreements (EAs) in shaping the European trade structure has a hub-and-spoke system--with ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 2 Numero 1, Giugno 2005

European economic policies at work: the costs of price stability and budget consolidation.

... Precisely, we compare the strategy followed by the European Central Bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the US ...... Finally, we search for a quantitative assessment of the recessive propensity of the European economic policies by estimating an overall ...

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The European Journal of Comparative Economics - Volume 3 Numero 1, Giugno 2006

Professor Gerschenkron goes to Brussels. Russian catch-up economics and the common European space (1).

Abstract Ongoing discussions between Russia and the EU on the formation of a Common European Economic Space bring back to mind Alexander ...... JEL Classification: N23, P26, P48, P52 Keywords: Gerschenkron, Russia, Catch-up, Brussels The ongoing expansion of the European Union represents an ambitious project, with an ...